DOCUMENT 99 JULY 1915 151 Lenz, cited in Heilbron 1986, p. 72) and he had signed the Manifesto of the 93 the following month. By the end of the year, he was, however, cautioning intellectuals to exercise restraint. He declined, for example, to sign a manifesto drawn up by Wilhelm Wien in December 1914, in which the latter suggested that German physicists refuse to publish in British journals (see Doc. 44, note 11). Though agreeing with the document’s content, Planck thought that it would merely fan the flames of national confrontation and should best be circulated after the war (see Heilbron 1986, pp. 72-73). [2]Einstein had become a member of the Bund “Neues Vaterland” (BNV) by the beginning of June (see List of Members, Gy-Ar, Nachlaß Hans Wehberg, Vol. 14, pp. 109-110), about the same time that the association decided to write an appeal for international cooperation among academics under its auspices (see Ernst Reuter to Walther Schucking, 31 May 1915, Gy-Ar, Nachlaß Hans Wehberg, Vol. 15, p. 65). In mid-June Einstein and others had begun preliminary work on an “Appeal of the Intellectuals” (“Aufruf der Intellektuellen”; see the minutes of the BNV meeting, 28 June 1915, Gy- Ar, Nachlaß Hans Wehberg, Vol. 14, p. 119). [3]At a meeting of the entire Prussian Academy two weeks earlier, the historian Eduard Meyer (1855-1930) had proposed expelling French corresponding members of the Prussian Academy. A heated discussion ensued, in which Planck, but not Einstein, took an active part, and which ended in general agreement to postpone a final decision until the next meeting of the Academy (see the minutes of the meeting of the plenum, 8 July 1915, GyBAW, II-V, Vol. 91, item 7). For the concluding chapter to the debate, see Doc. 118. [4]Einstein had offered to help in arranging the move of household effects from Berlin to the Neth- erlands for the De Haas family (see Doc. 95). 99. To Wander and Geertruida de Haas Sellin. 24. VII 15. Liebe Freunde! Zu meinem grossen Schrecken fand ich gestern in meiner Wohnung in Berlin diesen Brief vor,[1] der die Umzugsangelegenheit kompliziert. Habt Ihr Herrn Schrobsdorff auch nicht mündlich gekündigt?[2] Wie kam er dann dazu, Euch schon vor einigen Wochen auf die Vermietbarkeit der Wohnung aufmerksam zu machen? Ich fürchte nun, Herr S. wird sich der Entfernung der Meubel widersetzen. In- formiert mich bitte genau, wie es mit Eurer Kündigung thatsächlich steht, damit ich mich erkundigen kann, was zu machen ist. Schreibt mir recht bald ausführlich nach Berlin. Mit herzlichen Grüssen Euer A. Einstein. ALSX. [70 405]. [1]Einstein had returned from Sellin to Berlin to attend a meeting of the Prussian Academy two days earlier (see Kirsten and Treder 1979b, p. 216). [2]The architect Alfred Schrobsdorff had been De Haas’s landlord at Kaiserdamm 96 in Berlin- Charlottenburg (see Adreßbuch Berlin 1915). The De Haases left their apartment in the spring before the rental contract expired (see Doc. 92).